Reviews for Pioneer DEH-P7700MP Car Audio Player

Pioneer DEH-P7700MP Car Audio Player

Strengths: Elegant and Clean face, AWESOME customizable OEL Display, Easy Installation, Supports MP3/WMA/CD-RW/etc, Super Control of Sound Output

Weakness: 7-Way Rotary Commander, No Steering Wheel adapter

Well, I have to be honest in that I am not really a CAR PERSON and only recently became obsessed with all things AUTO since I purchased my new Volkswagen Passat. AMAZINGLY SWEET RIDE!!! but the included Premium Monsoon system was lacking SOMETHING, and although it has 8 speakers (4 Tweeter/Woofer) and Amplifier, it lacked UMPH. WHAT A HUGE DIFFERENCE this system made when switched with the STOCK Monsoon Head Unit and I can ONLY say DEFINITELY WORTH the money paid for it, because I did not have to change the speakers AT ALL. The Sound is AWESOME now and installation was a SNAP because CRUTCHFIELD included all the tools and you can easily purchase the Universal Adapters from Circuit City to simply PLUG-n-PLAY. It REALLY IS THAT SIMPLE...

The OEL Display is cool, but even cooler is the ability to DOWNLOAD other screensavers, backgrounds, and other little goodies to PERSONALIZE your Head Unit although I wish I had the FULL COLOR ONE. :( This unit also hides the CD opening behind the faceplate giving you a SIMPLE, ELEGANT face which smoothly opens, and really is NOT as problem since the radio DOES NOT TURN OFF and I was looking for a faceplate with CD opening INTEGRATED. Finally, I cannot stress how many CONTROLS are embedded in this unit which do NOT simply control EQUALIZER but allows you to filter bass levels, reroute output, and even level volume across songs. All of this plus being able to carry CD-RW CDs with hundreds of MP3, WMA, and even AAC files although I reccomend everyone record at least at 256 kbps to truly get the MOST out of the sound capable here.

Now after all the positive points, here comes the only 2 drawbacks that I could find, 1) The much-touted Rotary Commander and 2) The 2 Universal "Future-Proof" plug-ins. Do not get me wrong when I say the face is clean and uncluttered, but there is something NICE about pressing a button to scan for stations, adjusting levels in the equalizer, and simply jumping through menus which is NOT REALLY captured by "scrolling" a button. I find the "scrolling" feature is nice on a MOUSE but not in a car stereo, and I am ALWAYS reaching for the REMOTE CONTROL to actually change or adjust ALL stereo functions simply because the Rotary Commander has to be pressed here, there, and rolled around in a VERTICAL POSITION. Finally, Pioneer touts the fact that this unit comes with 2 plug-ins to "future-proof" your unit against new technology that might come out allowing you to "upgrade" but WHERE ARE THE ADAPTERS FOR STEERING WHEELS?! This is not FUTURE technology but something that exists NOW and one can EASILY purchase the PAC series of adapters but I do not like splicing wires and prefer something that has an adapter which is PLUG-n-PLAY.

In conclusion, this is an AWESOME unit which greatly increases the power and sound of any premium speaker system installed on most cars today, since most stock head units underpower their signal so you will get ALOT OF BANG for LITTLE BUCK. Just keep an eye out for the STEERING WHEEL ADAPTER when it comes out and you will be keeping this HEAD UNIT for future upgrades when you change cars because you will definitely NOT leave it behind.

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Fastest song access

Strengths: Instant song access, nice screen, list capability

Weakness: not enough real estate used on screen.

I was looking for a fast song access mp3 cd player, and I found it!!! Stay away from all other brands than Sony and Pioneer for that. When you click on the next song or next album, it plays plus you get the title in less than a third of a second. I was always pissed with my previous blaupunkt when searching for songs, I had to wait 2-4s before the title would display and the song would play.

Sound quality is good but I did notice a little bit of noise when playing loud and a song starts low. Not a problem when the volume in the song goes up.


I like the rotary command unlike some other reviewers.
However I just wonder how reliable this thing will be after 1 year of intensive use.


My little disappointment, but it concerns all mp3 players with a big OEL screen, is the lack of use of "real estate". Some parts of the screen are unused during a song, where it could display the album name, or display a long song title on two lines instead of one scrolling line.
The list function which is cool, is able to show 3 lines of text when searching for albums/songs, so why not during a song playback?


Anyway, you can buy it eyes closed...

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Pioneer DEH-P7700MP Car Audio Player

This is one of the coolest receivers I have ever had, the sound is great and has Buit-in high power, remote control, great looking, plays a wide range of formats, simply put: AWESOME!

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